Our Course Leaders

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Judith Allnatt
	is a short story writer, novelist and poet. Her novel, A Mile of River, was Simon Mayo’s Book of the Month on Radio Five Live in April 2008 and was shortlisted for the prestigious Portico Prize for Literature. Her short stories were featured in the Bridport Prize Anthology 2007 and on BBC Radio 4’s One to Watch – a showcase of talented, up-and-coming writers.


Jean Binta Breeze
	is known worldwide as a leading performance poet. Jean has toured in the Caribbean, USA, Europe, Asia and Africa. She is also a radio playwright and has worked as director and scriptwriter for theatre, television and film. Her first novel was published in 2007.


Rod Duncan
	has 3 contemporary crime novels set in Leicester published by Simon & Schuster, and a novella published by Five Leaves Press. He wrote and produced the documentary ‘Yarn’, has written short prize-winning comedy for radio and screen and is currently writing a screenplay. www.rodduncan.co.uk............... http://rodduncan.blogspot.com


John Gallas
	Born in New Zealand, John came to England in 1971 and works for Leicestershire Behaviour Support Team. Poetry books published by Carcanet (seven including The Song Atlas, Star City and The Book with Twelve Tales). Due in 2010, 40 Lies and Agraphia (2 ballad books). www.johngallaspoetry.co.uk


Stephen Loveless
	Winner of Daphne Du Maurier Literary Prize 2000 (then the largest short story prize in the world), and Central TV First Cut Award for film script writing. His film Washing Strangers was broadcast on TV and shown at various film festivals in the UK and abroad. Winner of Netherlands Worldwide Audio Books Competition 2008. Many published short stories, articles and cartoon strips..


Rachel Lovell
	has had over 70 stories published in women’s magazines


Val Moore
	Many commissioned features, travel pieces and profiles widely published in newspapers and magazines from popular to commercial press.


Bead Roberts
	.has written plays and radio stories and has had over 100 short stories published in small press and commercial magazines. She has won or been short-listed in several national and international short story competitions.


Glen Tillyard
	Leicester Mercury photographer and winner of numerous awards, including the Kodak Award and Midlands Press Photographer of the Year. He is also a web designer.


Damien G. Walter
	speculative short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and have been broadcast by BBC Radio. He was shortlisted in 2005 for the Douglas Coupland short story contest and was recently awarded a grant by Arts Council England to complete his first novel. In 2008 he gained a place at the prestigious Clarion workshop at UC San Diego, USA. He blogs for The Guardian on speculative fiction and is a regular reviewer for The Fix.

Debbie White

Started her writing career at Leicester Adult Education College. She has published books for 6-10 year olds with Oxford University Press and Random House. She is currently finishing the final draft of a teen historical novel for Walker Books. In her spare time she is a primary school teacher.

..Course Programme
Summer Term 2009
Writers’ Summer School
	Fiction Writing Special

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